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Saturday, November 11, 2023

Bad Etymology

Peaceful, adj. from Latin peius worse and -ful: tending towards the inconvenient, unpatriotic and unprofitable.

Protest, n. from Latin pro on behalf of and Middle English testif headstrong: an act of moral, verbal or physical intemperance directed against one's betters.

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